Management of laryngeal cancer

ABSTRACT

This is a retrospective study of 625 cases of laryngeal cancer seen over a period of ten years from 1989 to 1998 at the Department of ENT, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Karachi. Most of the patients belonged to low socio-economic group and were in advanced stages of the disease. Nodal involvement was surprisingly low as compared to available international data. Different treatment options were used, that is laser surgery, total laryngectomy, near total laryngectomy, radio-therapy and chemo-therapy. The prognosis was not bad for the laryngeal cancer and the 5 year survival rate was around 80 percent